الْمَقَامَةُ الشِّعرية

So that I am not disgraced among the people.

Kí n má bàa jẹ́ ìtìjú láàárín àwọn ènìyàn.

And my status with the Imam is not diminished.

Kí ipo mi má bàa dín kù níwájú Imam.

And I do not become a laughingstock among the elite and the commoners.

Kí n má bàa di ẹ̀rín láàárín àwọn olókìkí àti àwọn aráàlú.

So he made me promise not to reveal what he intended as long as I remain in this city.

Nítorí náà, ó jẹ́ kí n ṣe ìlérí pé mi ò ní sọ ohun tó pinnu títí tí mo bá wà ní ìlú yìí.

Al-Harith ibn Hammam said: I made a promise to him as one who does not interpret.

Al-Harith ibn Hammam ní: Mo ṣe ìlérí fún un bí ẹni tó kì í ṣe àlàyé.

And I fulfilled it as Al-Samaw'al fulfilled his.

Mo sì mú ìlérí náà ṣẹ bí Al-Samaw'al ṣe mú tiẹ̀ ṣẹ.